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From: kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: ed0 major and minor numbers
Date: 15 Mar 1995 15:18:38 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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Message-ID: <KSTAILEY.95Mar15101838@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References: <KGOR.95Mar13180416@sparkle.tcst.com>
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In-reply-to: kgor@sparkle.tcst.com's message of 14 Mar 1995 00:04:16 GMT

> I am trying to use a NE2000 ethernet board.
> What is the correct major and minor device numbers for NE2000.
> I can not find the ed (or any other network devices ) in
> the MAKEDEV script.

And you never will.

There is no /dev/ed0 or any /dev/network_interface in BSD.

To view the interface devices try "netstat -i"; to access them try
socket(2), bind(2), ...